Development concepts : old and new -- Globalization -- Growth versus development -- Development communication : some practical considerations -- Recent international development efforts -- Development news in seven newspapers of India -- Results, conclusions, and recommendations

In 1996, President Bill Clinton hailed the 'end of welfare as we know it' when he signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act. The law effectively transformed the nation's welfare system from an entitlement to a work-based one, instituting new time limits on welfare payments and...